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The eventful middle years of the life of Thomas Jefferson, beginning with the European mission, which lasted through the opening months of the French Revolution, and ending with Jefferson's having served all but his final year as our first Secretary of State under the new Constitution.
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In "Washington : a Life" celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation, dashing forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man, and revealing an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people.
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"Historical Dictionary of the Early American Republic recounts the achievements and failures, progress and backsliding, and high and low points of our forefathers. First traced in the chronology and then explained in the introduction, the story of our nation's formative years is laid out in great detail. Numerous dictionary entries describe eminent people, evolving institutions, and significant events faced by the young country. An extensive bibliography...
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In this brilliant historical classic, Dan Sisson argues that Thomas Jefferson thought democratic revolutions would be necessary from time to time to break the grip of autocratic factions on the government. That is how Jefferson saw the election of 1800--and the lessons for today couldn't be more obvious. Most historians celebrate Jefferson's victory over Adams in 1800 as the beginning of the two-party system, but Jefferson would have been horrified...
13) Scandalmonger
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This volume unveils the story behind the nation's first great political scandals. James Thomson Callender, the "scandalmonger" of the title, is an ambitious gossip-peddling editor secretly hired by Thomas Jefferson as a political weapon. After carefully damaging Alexander Hamilton's reputation, thereby paving the way for Jefferson's success, Callender is shunned by the very politicians on whose behalf he was jailed for sedition. Broke and betrayed,...
19) Treason
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Secretary of Sate James Madison must work to stop Aaron Burr and General James Wilkinson from stealing the whole Louisiana Territory.
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